General Comprehensive Operating System
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General Comprehensive Operating System (GCOS, /ˈdʒiːkoʊs/; originally GECOS, General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor)[lower-alpha 1] is a family of operating systems oriented toward the 36-bit GE-600 series[1] and Honeywell 6000 series[2] mainframe computers.
Developer | General Electric, Honeywell, Groupe Bull, Atos |
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Working state | Current |
Initial release | 1962; 62 years ago (1962) |
Latest release | GCOS 8 |
Platforms | GE-600 series, Honeywell 6000 series |
License | proprietary |
Official website | atos |
The original version of GCOS was developed by General Electric beginning in 1962.[3] The operating system is still used today in its most recent versions (GCOS 7 and GCOS 8) on servers and mainframes produced by Groupe Bull, primarily through emulation, to provide continuity with legacy mainframe environments. GCOS 7 and GCOS 8 are separate branches of the operating system and continue to be developed alongside each other.[4]